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Countdown to Victory: March 1945
In our last blog we saw the Allies successfully crossing the Rhine into western Germany in March 1945 and it was clear that Hitler’s Third Reich would soon be defeated. In the Pacific, on the other hand, the war was far from over. Here is a key event in that long...
Countdown to Victory: March 1945
Crossing the Rhine March 1945A 30-ton Sherman tank crosses the Ludendorff bridge while, to the right, welders work to prevent the bridge from collapsing—eventually it did.In March 1945, 81 years ago this month, the western allies were able, at long last, to cross the...
Countdown to Victory: February 1945
In February 1945, 81 years ago this month, the Allied armies in Europe were poised to achieve a final victory over Nazi Germany. As we discussed in my last blog, the Russian army had made dramatic advances across Poland in January—advancing 400 miles in less than...
Countdown to Victory: January 1945
Surrender to Montgomery, Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Keitel signs the document of unconditional surrenderIn January 1945, 81 years ago this month, victory in Europe seemed almost within the Allies’ grasp yet remained frustratingly out of reach. Over the next...
So This Is Christmas
Once again, the holidays are upon us. Once again, we can hope and pray for a world filled with peace and goodwill. Once again, I am publishing my Christmas blog which recalls Christmas Day in 1914 when the soldiers stopped killing each other, just for a few hours, and...
The Tide Turns: Stalingrad
Hitler’s Highwater Mark The Battle of Stalingrad is one of three concurrent Allied victories in the winter of 1942 that marked the turning of the tide in World War II, when the military initiative shifted from the Axis powers to the Allies: El Alamein, (October 23rd...
